Ferns of Barbados

Polypodiaceae

Phlebodium aureum (L.) J. Sm.
J. Bot. (Hooker) 4:59. 1841.

Basionym: Polypodium aureum L., Sp. Pl. 2:1087. 1753.

Synonyms of this taxon attributed to Barbados Polypodium aureum L.
Polypodium aureum Willd.
General Distribution Florida, Mexico, Continental Tropical America, Galapagos, Bahamas, Greater Antilles, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles, Barbados, Trinidad
Flora of the Lesser Antilles Polypodium aureum
St.Martin, St.Barthelemy, Antigua, Saba, St.Eustatius, St.Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St.Lucia, St.Vincent, Grenadines (Bequia, Union, Ronde), Grenada, Barbados
Ferns of Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands Polypodium aureum
Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, St.Croix, St.Thomas, St.John, Tortola, Virgin Gorda
Flora Mesomericana


Illustrated description from Native Plants of South Florida

More photos:- One of the Campus plants at the University of Hawaii, in the greenhouse at Albion College, Michigan and cv. Mandianum at an Australian nursery.

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